Off the top of my head: Lang Lang at Tanglewood on Telarc Records Horowitz in Moscow anything by Telarc is generally exceptionally good, both performance prep and recording Martha Argerich solo recordings Arthur Rubinstein solo recordings Glenn Gould solo recordings Garrick Ohlsson solo recordings Josef Hoffman (remastered) Michelangelli in the '50's Joni Mitchell records DA On Jul 21, 2009, at 9:47 AM, Gene Nelson wrote: > http://www.cdbaby.com/Search/c2FsbHkgY2hyaXN0aWFu/0 > > Rob, > Use the above link - I would start with the Ravel CD. > These are the finest piano recordings that I have ever heard. > Custom piano work by Peter Clark RPT CTE and the recording engineer > as well - Sally Christian is the artist. > Peter is one of the finest voicers that I know. > Gene > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Rob Mitchell > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 8:52 AM > Subject: [pianotech] Favorite Piano Recordings > > I had the opportunity to take some voicing classes at last week's > convention (all were excellent). One of the many messages coming > out of these was the need to do a fair bit of time just listening to > piano performances. I know that a recording can never match a live > performance (and I plan to attend more recitals) but I've also > realized that my personal recording library is seriously lacking. > > But, where to start? There are easily thousands (millions?) of > piano recordings out there. So, I thought I'd come back to this > group and ask: What are your favorite piano recordings? Who is your > favorite pianist? Is there a specific recording that, "no library > is complete without it"? All inputs are appreciated. > > The convention was AWESOME! > > > > Rob Mitchell > > Mitchell Piano Service > (415) 994-1030 > www.mitchellpianoservice.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090721/b4623653/attachment.htm>
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